Charlotte’s revenge is a dish best eaten cold

Charlotte Perrelli, winner of the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest and Swedish entrant in 2008 recently gave an extremely candid interview with Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet where she amongst other things discussed the hard times she endured while representing Sweden with Hero in Belgrade.

Problems with her marriage and an unfaithful husband culminated in the star having to be admitted to hospital on no fewer than three occasions. It was while she was preparing for the event in Belgrade that Ms. Perrelli discovered the shocking truth, that the man she had been married to for 10 years had cheated on her.

"When he came to Belgrade to visit me, he wasn’t aware that I knew about the affair. I met him when he came and immediately gave him a return ticket back to Sweden. What’s more, I’d already arranged for the locks to be changed back home, so he had no use for his key", Charlotte told tabloid readers. A bitter divorce followed that would gradually take its toll on the star’s health: "My body just collapsed. I got meningitis, my stomach swelled up making me look almost pregnant and I suffered horrible bowel problems. I lay at home for three weeks without being able to get up."

Fortunately, all’s well that ends well as Perrelli also divulged during the interview that her and her ex husband Nicola have managed to become friends again after the tough period in her life.

On the road to… The Netherlands

Following Duncan Laurence's victory, the prepations for the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest are in full swing in the Netherlands. Whether you will attend as a visitor or watch it in front of the TV screen, a fantastic event is awating you.
Below we have gathered a collection of articles about the preparations, to keep you updated on what to expect.

Norway and Sweden will meet in the first semi-final, while Greece and Cyprus this year are in each their semi-final. Host country the Netherlands will be able to vote for their Belgian neighbours in the first semi-final. Today, the semi-final allocation draw took place. Read more

The EBU have announced that 41 countries will compete at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 to be held next May in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. This is the same number of countries that appeared last year. Read more

Rotterdam has been selected as the host city of the 65th Eurovision Song Contest in May next year. The Netherlands have hosted the competition four times, but this will be the first time that the event has been hosted by Rotterdam. Read more

Potential host cities Rotterdam and Maastricht have just four days to provide additional information as part of their official bids to host Eurovision. We will soon find out which city will be hosting the contest in 2020. Read more